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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1364ORDINANCE NO. 1 Vi y AN ORDINANCE appropriating necessary funds for the acquisi- tion of rights of way for relocation of the twenty (20) inch water main feeding the City's Reservoir and for the acquisition of a por- tion of a lot for the location of a pumping station from the un- appropriated reserves of the l +ater Department and declaring an u emergency. WHEREAS, by reason of unexpected storms, floods and other f' unforseen weather conditions causing the sliding of the hillside within the National Park Boundaries which has periodically disrupted Ilthe main water supply in the City Reservoir and in addition thereto has disrupted and damaged the water main discharging the overflow from the City Reservoir and endangering the main water supply of the City of Port Angeles, and WHEREAS, it is found necessary for the continued operation of said water system that a portion of a private lot for the re- location of a pumping station to be used in emergency when said main supply line is disrupted, and WHEYEAS, said conditions were wholly unforseen and unexpec- ted at the time of the preparation of the 1956 budget and by reason of the unforseen circumstances an emergency exists. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL DO ORDAIN as follows: Section 1: That floods, slides and other conditions not anticipated have damaged, interrupted and endangered the water supply of the City of Port Angeles and it is necessary for the preservation of the public health and safety and for the usefulness of said water system thatftinds be provided and rehabilitation work immediately instigated. Section 2: That there is hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the acquisition of right of way for the re- location of a portion of the twenty inch water main feeding the City's Reservoir and for the relocation of the overflow from the City's Reservoir, such location to be upon property or right -of -way acquired from private ownership, so as to remove the City's facilities from the National Park Boundaries, and there is further appropriated such funds as may be necessary for the reconstruction of Bach pipe line and overflow. Section 3: That there be, and is hereby appropriated the sum of Five Hundred Dollars 4500.00) for the acquisition of the South Forty (40) feet of Lot One (1), Block Two (2) of Puget Sound Cooperative Colony Subdivision of Port Angeles for the location and construction of a pumping station for said water supply system. Section 4: That all of the improvements contemplated here- in are for the benefit of and for the use of the Water Department of the City of Port Angeles and therefore the cost incurred and funds herein appropriated shall be paid from the unappropriated reserves within the 1956 budget of the Water Department of the City of Port Angeles. Section 5: That said conditions were not known or forseen at the time of the making of the Budget for 1956 and by reason of the conditions now prevailing an emergency is hereby declared to exist. INTRODUCED: February 2nd, 1956. PASSED: ,T , 1956. QQ APPROVED and SIGNED by the Mayor 5 , 1956. Approved as to form: , 1956. 1